Dispensing container for support upon an edge of a receptacle



March 17,1959 R. w. SCHARES 1 DISPENSING CONTAINER FOR SUPPORT'UPON ANEDGE OF A RECEPTACLE I priginal Filed Dec. 30, 1952 INVENTOR. Pose/e WJc'A/A e E3 yzamflmnm DISPENSING CONTAINER FOR SUPPORT UPON AN EDGE OF ARECEPTACLE Roger W. Schares, New Hampton, Iowa Original No. 2,736,657,dated February 28, 1956, Serial No. 328,585, December 30, 1952.Application for reissue February 24, 1958, Serial No. 717,283

8 Claims. (Cl. 99-171) Matter enclosed in heavy brackets appears in theoriginal patent but forms no part of this reissue specification; matterprinted in italics indicates the additions made by reissue.

Re. 24,621 Reissued Mar. 17, 1959 ice present invention, while thereference numeral 14 has been applied generally, in Figures 2 toinclusive, to designate another form of the invention.

Considering the form of the invention shown in Figures 2 to 5 inclusive,the device [can be] is preferably molded in its entirety from plasticmaterial or the like,

'This invention relates to a device adapted to hold a quantity of juice,such as lemon, orange, or lime juice, or any other liquid, the articleconsituting the present invention being adapted, in one possiblecommericial embodiment thereof, to simulate a fruit slice and beingadapted for dispensing of the juice or any other liquid containedtherein.

It is 'one importantobject to provide a type statedwhich can besubstituted for the conventional. slice of fresh lemon, orange, or limeused to flavor bevera'ges and foods.

It is another important object to provide food slice adapted to containa quantity of juice to be dispensed, said slice further including amixer stick 'capable of being separated from the slice to permitdispensing of .the juice and to facilitate stirring of a beverage.

.Another object is to provide a dispensing device which an artificiallime, the device would be green in color.

said material being molded to an external configuration that willsimulate closely the shape of a slice of lemon, orange, lime or otherfruit from which juice can be squeezed. Additionally, it may be noted atthis point that the plastic material of which the dispensing device awould be formed, will, in commercial embodiments of the invention, becompounded of colored pigments, that 1 will add to the faithfulness ofthe simulation.

the dispensing device is formed to simulate a slice of device would beyellow if it is to simulate a slice of lemon, and orange, if it is tosimulate a slice of orange.

In any event, the dispensing device constituting the present inventionis relatively fiat, and has an arcuate back piece 16, extending throughsubstantially ninety dedevice of the can be used for the dispensing ofany of varoius liquids,

such as hand lotions, cosmetics, condiments, water purifiers such aschlorine, etc.

.Another object of importance is to provide a juice dispensin'g devicein the form of. an artificial fruit slice,

the slicehaving a slotted portion adapting the same for support upon therim of a glass or equivalent container, the slotted portion providingmeans adapted to be broken ofl to form a dispensing opening throughwhich the fruit juicesmay be expelled.

,Yet another object is to provide a dispensing device in the form of anartificial slice of fruit,.which device can be formed from plasticmaterial or the like', aportion of the 'plastic material beingcompressible to effect the dispensing of the juice ordinarily sealedwithin the slice.

Other objects will appear from the following description, the claimsappended thereto, and from the annexed drawing, in which like referencecharacters designate like parts throughout the several views, andwherein:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through a beverag'e glass,showing in side elevation one form of the present invention, as itappears'when mounted uponsaid glass;

vFigure 2 is a side elevational view of asecond form of I.

the invention;

,Figure 3 is an edge elevational view of the dispensing device shown inFigure 2, as it appears when viewed from theright of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially'on line 44 ofFigure 3, the dotted. linesfindicat high position to'which a frangibleportion of the device grees of a circle, thus to simulate a quarterslice of fruit.

The arcuate back piece 16 has an inner edge formed with a series oflongitudinal depressions 18, said depres sions 18 simulating thesegments of the fruit slice.

. [Cemented or otherwise permanently attached to the inner edge of theback piece 16 is a flexible envelope20, said envelope being formed of arelatively firm, deformable plastic material externally colored andgrained to] The I simulate the juice-bearing portion of the fruit slice.envelope would be sufficiently pliable to permit juice to be squeezedreadily therefrom. The envelope 20 has edges] The body portion 20 ofmember 14 defined by the edges 22 and 24 and the respective ends of theinner edge of back 16 outlining the depressions 18 is preferably ofrigid material the same as back 16, and either such back or body portion20 is provided with a channeled;

or hollowed out area so as to serve as a reservoir, chamber orreceptacle for holding juice or other material to be dispensed, andportion 20 may also be provided with a cavity defined by relatively firmdeformable plastic sufiiciently pliable to permit juice or the like tobe squeezed readily therefrom. The rigid hollowed out embodiment, would,I believe, be preferredin commercial; Edges 22 and 24 are disposed atright angles to one use. another,. with the free end of the edge 22abutting and secured to the adjacent one end of the back piece 16, and swith a free end of the edge 24 being inwardly of and spaced from theother end or the back piece 16. Exteriorly, the spaced portions of thesegmentally shaped [envelope] body portion 20 may have radial lines 26impressed therein, said lines simulating the divisions of the slice offruit.

Contained within the [deformable envelope] body portion 20 is a supplyof juice J. The juice I would be lemon juice, orange juice or limejuice, it being corn- In filling the [envelope,] body portion 20 [itwould be possible to accomplish the envelope filling inv any-of variousways.

and'the open portion seaecto the'back piece] Thus, if

Similarly, the

For example,] a small needle might be injected to insert the juice underpressure, after which. the opening made by the needle could be fusedshut." [Alternately, the envelope could be partially attached to therigid back piece 16, with a portion of the envelope. I being left open.Thereafter, the envelopecould befil l'ed,

Arranged exterio'rly of and in' parallel spaced relation with respect tothe edge 24 of the [envelope] body portion 20 is an arm 28 of rigidmaterial, one end of the arm 28 abutting and being secured to the otherend 32 of the back piece'16. The space 30 between'the arm 28 and theedge 24 of the [envelope] body portion 20 is.

adapted to receive the rim of a beverage glass, thus to cause theartificial fruit slice to be supported upon the beverage glass in theusual manner presently practiced when real fruit juices are served withbeverages. Projecting perpendicularly from the inner face of the arm 28adjacent the one end secured to the other end of the back piece 16 is afrangible strip 34 which has its free end abutting and secured tothe-free end of the edge 24of the [envelope] body portion 20. The space36 betweenthe strip 34 and-the other end 32' of the back piece 16[forms] isincommunication with the chambered area of body portion 20forming a dispensing opening when the fran gible'strip is broken awayfrom the edge 24 of the en-' velope 20 and the arm 28 is swung from itsparallel position with respect to the edge 24 of the [envelope] bodyportion 20 to an extended position wholly away from such edge, asillustrated by the dotted lines in Figure 4.

In use of a dispensing device formed as shown in Figures 2 to 5, theartificial fruit slice would ordinarily be served upon the beverageglass. Subsequently, when it is'desi'redto dispense the juice J, the arm28 would be grasped, and pulled outwardly to the dotted line posi-' tionshown in Figure 4. This would cause the arm 28 to break off from theback piece 16, exposing the dispensing opening 36. Thereafter, the sliceis grasped and tilted in the manner shown in Figure and the oppositesides of the envelope 20 are squeezed]. This causes the juice orcontents of portion 20 to be dispensed through the opening, into thebeverage glass with such contents being poured or shaken out of member14 when body portion 20 is rigidly formed as described, or beingsqueezed out if a deformable material is used as indicated.

[Except for the relatively firm but pliable envelope, the entire deviceis made of a single piece of'hard plastic materiaL] In Figure 1, therehas been'illustrated a modified form having the back piece 38 and bodyportion 40 corresponding in structure, shape and use to the back piece16 and body portion 20 in Figure 2 [wherein the back piece 38 has anenvelope 40 secured thereto, the back piece and envelope correspondingto the back piece and envelope of Figure-2].

Rigid with oneend of 'the'back piece'38 is an arm-42 analogous to thearm 28. However, in the form ofthe invention shown in Figure 1, the arm42 has an elongated extension 44 provided at its free end with a pointthe'back piece 38, to form a dispensing opening as de- I scribed aboveand which can be used in stirring a beverage'both before and after beingthus separated.

The device, it is believed, has certain advantages-over ordinary, freshfruit slices. For example, the device is cleanand sanitary, andfurnishes accurate portion control. Additionally, the device permitselimination of substantial reduction of the amount of labor involved incutting and preparing fresh fruit slices.

Still further, the device has an advantage so far as producers areconcerned, since juice from windfall fruits canbe used effectively, inthe artificial fruit slices.

Although the invention has been illustrated and described as' asimulated slice of fruit from which fruit juice can be dispensed, itcould have other forms, the showing of a fruit slice being merelyillustrative and not necessarily restrictive. Further, any liquid,whether it be fruit juice or some other liquid, can be dispensed there-'sarily confined to the specific use or uses thereof de-' scribed above,since it may be utilized for any purpose" to which it may be suited. Noris the invention to be necessarily limited to the specific constructionillustrated and described, since such construction is only intended tobe illustrative of the principles of operation and the means presentlydevised to carry out said principles, it"

portion [envelope], an arm arranged exteriorly of and in parallel spacedrelation with respect to one of the edges of said body portion[envelope] and having one end rigidly secured to the adjacent end ofsaid back [piece];

a space between said'arrn and edge of said body portion [envelope] beingadapted to receive the rim' of a" beverage glass, and a frangible stripprojecting perpeni dicularly from the inner face of said arm andhaving'its" free end abutting and secured to said edge of saidbodyportion [envelope], the space between said strip and the end of saidback piecefc'onne'cted to said arm forming" a dispensing 'opening whenthe frangible strip is brokefif away from said edge of said body portion[envelope] and the arm'has been swung away from its parallel position.2. A juice dispensing device comprising a rigid back,

having'an integral hollow body portion, [an envelope facing said back,]said back [piece] and body portion [envelope] being formed to simulate afruit slice, the

body portion [envelope] being formed of a deformable material to permitdispensing of a fruit juice contained therein responsive to squeezing ofthe body portion [en-f velope] and having edges disposed at right angleswith respect to each other with the free end if one of the edgesabutting and secured to the adjacent one end of said back [piece] andwith the free end of the other of the edges being inwardly of and spacedfrom the'other end, of the back [piece], an arm arranged exteriorly ofand" in parallel spaced relation with respect to the other edge of saidbody portion [envelope] and having one end'rig idly secured to the otherend of said back-[piece], a space between said am and the other edgeofsaid body' p'orl-ij tion [envelope] being adapted to receive the rimof a bev= erage glass, and a frangible strip projection perpendicular 1yfrom the inner face'of said arm and having its free end abutting andsecured to the free end of the other edge of said body portion'[envelope], the space between said strip'and the other end of said back[piece] forming a dis-f pensing opening when the frangible strip isbroken away from the other edge of said body portion [envelope] andthearm has been "swung away from its parallel position 3."A juicedispensing device comprising a ri i bad? having an gral hollow bodyportion, [an envelope" facing said back,] said 'back' [piece] and bodyportion [envelope] being formed to simulate a fruit slice,"the body'portion [envelope] being' formed of deformable material to permitdispensing of a'fruit juice contained 1 therein responsive to squeezingof the body portion [en velopefl'and having edges'disposed at rightangles'with respect to each'other'with the free'end of one of the?edges'abutting and secured'to the adjacent one end of; said back [piece]and with the free end of the otherof the edges being inwardly of andspaced from the other end of the back-[piece], an arm arrangedexteriorly or and in parallel spaced relation with respect to the otheredge of'said body portion [envelope] being adapted to? receive the rimof a beverage glass, and a frangible strip: projecting perpendicularlyfrom the inner face of said' arm and having its free end abutting andsecured to the free end of the other edge of said body portion[envelope], the space between said strip and the other end of said back[piece] forming a dispensing opening when the frangible strip is brokenaway from the other edge of said body portion [envelope] and the arm hasbeen swung away from its parallel position, said arm including anelongated extension extendible into said beverage glass to provide amixing stick.

4. A dispensing device, comprising a chambered body member, an armseparably connected at one end to said body member and extending firstperpendicularly from one edge thereof and then parallel thereto inspaced relationship to define a means by which said body member can beremovably hooked onto the rim of a beverage glass, on the perpendicularextension of said arm and said end of said arm connected to said bodymember serving as a closure for the chamber in said body member andbeing separable therefrom to form a dispensing opening therein.

5. A juice dispensing device, comprising a body member in a formsimulating a fruit slice and provided with a chamber, an arm arrangedexteriorly of and in parallel spaced relationship with respect to one ofthe edges of said body member, a frangible strip disposed transverselyof the adjacent edges of said body member and said arm and integraltherewith, said frangible strip adapted to rest on the rim of a beverageglass with said body member and said arm suspended on respectiveopposite sides of the rim, one end of said frangible member serving as aclosure for said chamber in said body member and forming a dispensingopening therein when broken away from said body member.

6. A dispensing device, comprising a body having a chamber, a frangiblestrip integral with and projecting from said body and serving as aclosure for said chamber, an arm integral with the projected end of saidfrangible strip and disposed in parallel spaced relationship to one edgeof said body, said frangible strip adapted to rest on the rim of abeverage glass so that said arm is sus pended within the glass and saidbody is suspended on the outer side of said glass, and said frangiblestrip sepa rable from said body to provide a dispensing opening in saidchamber.

7. A dispensing device, comprising a chambered body having at least onestraightedge, an arm in parallel spaced relationship to said straightedge, a frangible strip connecting one end of said arm to said body andserving as a closure for said chamber, said body adapted to be supportedon a beverage glass prior to use by placing the rim of the glass in thespace between the body and arm so that said frangible strip rests on thetop of the rim, and said frangible strip separable from said body toprovide a dispensing opening in said chamber.

8. A dispensing device, comprising a body having a chamber, a frangiblestrip integral with and projecting from said body and serving as aclosure for said chamber, an elongated arm integral with the projectedend of said frangible strip and disposed in parallel spaced relationshipto one edge of said body, said frangible strip adapted to rest on therim of a beverage glass so that said arm is suspended within the glassand said body is suspended on the outer side of said glass, saidfrangible strip separable from said body to provide a dispensing openingin said chamber, and said arm designed to be extendible suflicientlyinto the glass to serve as a mixing means for the contents thereof.

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